VISTA MEDICAL CENTER WEST
Acute Care Hospital in Waukegan, IL 60085
VISTA MEDICAL CENTER WEST PROFILE
Vista Medical Center West is an acute care hospital located in Waukegan, IL 60085 that serves the Lake county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.
VISTA MEDICAL CENTER WEST
2615 Washington StWaukegan, IL 60085
Phone: (847) 249-3900
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals What's an acute care hospital?An acute care hospital provides inpatient medical care, services related for surgery and medical services for short-term illnesses, acute medical conditions or injuries.
Hospital Owner: Voluntary Non-profit - Church
Outpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (outpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for outpatient surgical procedures.
Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.
The hospital patient survey at Vista Medical Center West is administered to a random sample of adult inpatients after discharge. The following are the results of some the survey’s five-star quality ratings.
Doctor Communication: Not AvailableQuiet Rooms: Not Available
Cleanliness: Not Available
Pain Management: Not Available
Discharge Information: Not Available
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available
These performance measures at Vista Medical Center West show how rapidly emergency departments give recommended treatments known to get the best results for patients with certain common conditions. This information could help patients compare which hospitals provide the right care at the right time.
ER Wait Time: 13 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 2 hours 13 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: Not Available before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: Not Available admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 4 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Vista Medical Center West has better average ratings than other hospitals in Illinois or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 133 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 148 minutes in Illinois. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 13 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 26 minutes in Illinois. - Emergency Department:
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being seen Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of Illinois.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
| Hospital Name | Address | Emergency Services | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTA MEDICAL CENTER EAST | 1324 North Sheridan Road Waukegan, IL 60085 | Yes | 2.21 mi | Compare |
| NORTH CHICAGO VA MEDICAL CENTER | 3001 Greenbay Road North Chicago, IL 60064 | No | 3.64 mi | Compare |
| MIDWESTERN REGION MED CENTER | 2520 Elisha Avenue Zion, IL 60099 | Yes | 6.57 mi | Compare |
| NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL | 660 N Westmoreland Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 | Yes | 7.22 mi | Compare |
| ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER | 801 S Milwaukee Ave Libertyville, IL 60048 | Yes | 7.42 mi | Compare |
| AURORA MEDICAL CTR KENOSHA | 10400 75th St Kenosha, WI 53142 | Yes | 15.06 mi | Compare |
| UNITED HOSPITAL SYSTEM | 6308 Eighth Ave Kenosha, WI 53143 | Yes | 15.35 mi | Compare |
| ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL | 450 West Highway 22 Barrington, IL 60010 | Yes | 19.32 mi | Compare |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 1 | 800 W Central Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 | Yes | 21.09 mi | Compare |
| CENTEGRA HEALTH SYSTEM - MC HENRY HOSPITAL | 4201 Medical Center Drive Mchenry, IL 60050 | Yes | 21.33 mi | Compare |
| ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1775 Dempster St Park Ridge, IL 60068 | Yes | 22.07 mi | Compare |
| EVANSTON HOSPITAL | 2650 Ridge Ave Evanston, IL 60201 | Yes | 22.23 mi | Compare |
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